In 1947 Whitbourne, Newfoundland, Alan Hepditch, a by-the-books but squeamish and somewhat dimwitted criminologist is constantly being tormented by his fellow ranger candidates and his sergeant, Bill O'Mara. Before Hepditch can quit, O'Mara, as a sort of punishment, assigns him to his first posting at Swyer's Harbour, where five sheep mutilations have taken place over the past year. When he arrives in Swyer's Harbour, Hepditch has a more serious crime to investigate, that of the murder of a local, mentally slow woman named Tryphenia Maud Pottle, better known to the locals as Young Triffie.
as Ranger Alan Hepditch
as Dr. Percy Melrose
as Mrs. Grace Melrose
as Aunt Millie Bishop
as Sgt. Bill O'Mara
as Billy Head
as Aunt Ducky Piercey
as Pastor Wilfred Pottle
as Mrs. Head
as Young Triffie
as Ranger Jenkins
as Matron Sankey
as Conductor
as Boy Getting Baptized
as Ranger Guzzwell
as Brenda Piercey
